Anyone want a job in radio?

[DubFan]

If you're technically competant with sound... we've got some 6 month contracts coming up in our team.
I think we're looking for 5 people. Details here:
https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=41543&aid=10281

[Mk1Macca]

If you're technically competant with sound... we've got some 6 month contracts coming up in our team.
I think we're looking for 5 people. Details here:
https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=41543&aid=10281

You'll surely get a bazillion applicants for that?

Odd though to train people for a transition rather than use the current staff and just move them. That's the difference between the beeb and commercial radio I guess. I used to produce a breakfast show with a total staff count of 4. God knows what Moyles has, but I know for a fact it's considerably higher. I nearly fell of my chair when I saw how many people work for Newsbeat which at the time was just for Radio1.

[DubFan]

Yes we always get loads of applicants, but mostly "media studies" students with no real experience.

This is to recruit for people to do day to day programmes while we (permanent staff with more experience) do all the testing and training in the new studios and then move the production teams over to the new building and pilot programmes.
The part of the BBC I work in is World Service. It's not the same as Radio1 or newsbeat. We sound engineer the programme with perhaps 1 presenter and 1 producer. A lot of the time the producer IS the presenter. The one thing we are not, is overstaffed.

[Mk1Macca]

Why can't the presenter engineer for themselves or have the producer do it?

[CCGTI]

I would love a job like this, shame its so far away

[DubFan]

Why can't the presenter engineer for themselves or have the producer do it?

Some of them do, though only the simpler programmes and news bulletins. But they they are employed for their journalism/editorial skills and it sounds much better with us engineering.
The majority of the programmes are a bit more complex than they could manage.
A lot of Radio 2, most of Radio 3, 4 and 5 have engineers doing the programmes.
BBC local stations don't have engineers to drive the programmes.

[SoundillusioN]

I would love a job like this, my experience isn't Live though and I couldn't risk leaving my job for a 6 month contract even if i was a viable candidate. 

[bomp]

Matneck was doing pirate radio for quite some time with passion radio Bristol, so he might be interested if commitments don't get in the way.  I'll MSN this thread to him.

[Andy!]

Damn! I was hoping you wanted someone to slot that fat talentless c unt Moyles.

[madmanluke]

I would love a job like this, my experience isn't Live though and I couldn't risk leaving my job for a 6 month contract even if i was a viable candidate. 

Pretty much the same. Don't have live experience (not recently any way) and wouldn't be able to risk the move for a 6 month contract.

Sounds interesting though. I have always liked to work for the BBC, although find it impossible to get your foot in the door regardless of who you are or what you have done.